VOTING DEADLINE : August 31, 2022
Dr Manuel D. Gahete
Dr Manuel D. Gahete (1982) Associate Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Cordoba (UCO) and Principal Investigator (PI) of the “OncObesity and Metabolism” research group at the Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC).
I graduated in Biology in 2005, obtained my PhD in Sciences (UCO, 2010) and developed my post-doctoral training at the University of Illinois at Chicago (US). I have published 120 peer-reviewed articles in the fields of NeuroEndocrinology, Metabolism and Translational Oncology focused on the pathophysiological role of different neuroendocrine systems in endocrine/metabolic disorders and tumor pathologies (>30% as first or corresponding author). I have obtained 9 competitive projects as principal investigator, have filed 9 patents, published 31 book chapters, participated in international conferences as invited speaker, and served as Editorial Board member of different journals. I have directed 4 Doctoral Theses and more than 30 under- and post- graduate studies and have received national and international awards [Young Investigator Award (2013, ESE), Young Endocrinologist Award (Spanish Society of Endocrinology, 2019) or Early Investigator Award (EndoSociety, 2021)]. I am member of the Global Engagement Advisory Board (EndoSociety) and of the ESE Science Committee, and I have been (2018-2022) coordinator of the ENEA Young Researchers Committee (EYRC).
I decided to apply for the ENEA ExCo in order to continue and expand my implication and involvement in ENEA. After 4 years coordinating the EYRC and promoting the neuroendocrinology among young clinician and researchers, I would like to be part of the ExCo to help ENEA to keep growing, to develop novel activities, to engage clinical, translational and basic endocrinologists with the society and to establish strongest relationships with other national and international societies.

Luciana Naves
Candidacy for the elections of the new members of the Executive Committee of the European Neuroendocrine Association.
I submit my application as a candidate to become a member of the ENEA Executive Committee (ExCo). I hold both Brazilian and Italian citizenships, and I am an ENEA member since 1998, with active participation in the meetings and publications in European scientific journals in the field of neuroendocrinology.
I graduated as a physician at the University of Brasília (UnB) in 1990. My both residency programs in Internal Medicine (1990-1991) and in Endocrinology and Metabolism (1992-1994), were taken in São Paulo. I was certified as a Specialist by the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology in 1996. I hold a Master of Sciences and “Diplome d’Etudes Approffondies en Endocrinologie” from the Université Claude Bernard Lyon I- France (1996) and a Doctorate in Health Sciences from the University of Brasilia (2000).
I am currently a Full Professor and Head of the Endocrinology Service of the UnB. I teach undergraduate classes coordinating the disciplines of Endocrine Physiology and Internal Medicine in the Medical Course of the Faculty of Medicine. I am responsible for the Research Center in Endocrinology of UnB since 2008, and I am a research fellow of the Brazilian Council of Scientific Research – CNPq. I act as advisor of the Post-Graduation Programs in Health Sciences, mentoring research programs to undergraduate, master, and doctorate students.
My main fields of research include Acromegaly, Familial Pituitary Adenomas, Hypopituitarism, Molecular Biology of Endocrine Tumors. I have authored about 80 published papers, many of them in collaboration with prestigious European academic institutions. It has always been an honor to be a member of ENEA. This way, I feel that as a member of ENEA ExCo, I can contribute to this prestigious Association to disseminate the important work done in basic and clinical projects and reinforce my ties to the European Endocrinology.

Joanne Vassallo
Professor Josanne Vassallo nee Spiteri-Grech MD PhD is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians London and a Specialist in Internal Medicine, Diabetes and Endocrinology (CSST). She is Professor of Medicine at Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta and Consultant Endocrinologist at Mater Dei Hospital, Malta. In 1998 she established the Neuroendocrine Clinic at the hospital which today provides care to over 750 patient annually. Since June 2008 she is Principal Investigator at Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Lab, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking, University of Malta.
She currently heads the Medical Education Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta and is a member of the UEMS – Endocrinology section and the Question Writing Group for the UK MRCP/UEMS Subspecialty Exam in Endocrinology, UEMS subsection representative on the UEMS MJC on Rare Undiagnosed Diseases and Executive Committee Member of the Association of Medical Schools in Europe. Professor Vassallo completed her postgraduate training at University College London, UK, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, University of Muenster, Germany and was a postdoctoral research fellow in Endocrinology at the Center for Biomedical Research, Rockefeller University and Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA. In 1994 she became a Clinical Associate and Faculty at the Reproductive Endocrine Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Massachussetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, returning to Malta with her family in 1995. She has served on national and international committees/boards and is reviewer for a number of scientific journals. She is a member of ENEA, European Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society.
She served from 2013-2017 as President of the Mediterranean Group for the Study of Diabetes and spearheaded a number of research projects on Diabetes in the Mediterranean . She has been the recipient of a number of grants the Max Planck Forschungs Gemeinshaft, the Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinshaft, the Mellon Foundation, the Royal Society of Medicine, the University of Malta, the Mediterranean Group for the Study of Diabetes and the Emanuele Cancer Research Foundation. Her main areas of research interest are genetics and pathogenesis of pituitary tumours and genetics of atypical non-autoimmune Diabetes Mellitus.
If elected to ENEA ExCo, I look forward to contributing to the ongoing initiatives and developing novel ones to improve care in patients with neuroendocrine tumours.
Publications: HERE
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